Working in Tangle Starts Treasures #tanglestartstreasures #artangleology

I'm loving this book right now!

Tangle Starts Treasures

is my newest book,

just two weeks old and it is still showing 

at the top of the hot new release list!

This is so exciting!!!

Thank you to each of you who have

made this possible!!!

 Amazon's site shows you some of the inside

pages now, but it doesn't show you the

heart of the book.

I don't get any say in which pages they show,

or I would be showing you some of these.

These pages are full of blank boxes,

waiting for you to fill-in with some of your

favorite step-outs.

 Step-outs?

That's tangle talk for step-by-step instructions

for drawing tangle patterns.

Treasures has enough room for 376+ complete

step-outs of your choosing.

 At the bottom of each step-out page

is a blank box in which you can create

a piece of art using the patterns from 

that page. 

 The name Tangle Starts Treasures implies a host

of exciting tangly things so I have included

other fun stuff in this book for you as well!

Here is a glimpse of the back cover

(prior to Amazon sticking an ISBN box

in that lower section.)

Lots of fun and storage and organization

to be had with 

Tangle Starts Treasures.

Want to pick up a copy?

It is available here. 

Need a tangly place to hang out and learn?

I admin a happening Facebook group called

Tangle All Around.

We are an active group of friendly tanglers

who help each other learn and advance our

skills.

Tomorrow we start INKtober, a project

to get us putting ink to paper and drawing

every day during the month of October.

Shhhh!!!

I'll let you in on a secret that the group

doesn't know about.

Throughout the month of October I am going

to be holding some flash giveaways!

They won't be announced until they happen and 

they will only be open for around 5-6 hours each.

If you would like to join us, come knock on 

the door and I'll let you in.

New Release: Tangle Starts Treasures #tanglestartstreasures #artangleologyseries #tanglestarts #tangleallaround

Book #4 in the

Artangleology Series

is now available worldwide on the

various Amazon online store websites. 

Just released yesterday,

Tangle Starts Treasures 

had already jumped to the

#1 spot on the Hot New Release list 

within a couple hours. So exciting!!!

 Described as a 

traveling treasure trove of tangle temptations, 

this book actually came about as a result of

some questions in the Facebook group I admin

called Tangle All Around. 

I had a lot of members asking how they 

could organize and store their tangle 

pattern step outs in one location.

I figured it was about time I designated an

Artangleology book to meet that need.

 Above you see the index for Treasures.

Primarily it is a place to draw step outs for the

tangle patterns you want to keep track of.

The ones you will want to be able to draw at a

later time and not have to worry about where

in all the websites and blogs you may have seen

that one certain pattern.

Now you can make a record of the ones you find

interesting . . . when you find them interesting!

That way you know where they are.

They will be in your book of treasures.

The step out pages are set up like this.

There is room to record the steps for up to four

tangle patterns per page. 

You should always record the name of the 

pattern and the designer if you know them.

It is considered courtesy to credit the 

designers when you use their patterns. 

You can not do that if you do not

know the information.

Each page has a tile where you can create a 

piece of art using the patterns from that page. 

You can easily store step outs to 376 patterns in

Tangle Starts Treasures.

More if some of them have less steps. 

I included some strings for your use.

Some basic, some zendalas.

All you need to do is tangle them.

They are very much like the strings found in

Tangle Starts Strings.

 There are also some blanks tiles for you to

create your own strings, then tangle.

Remember it is primarily for the organization

and storage of tangle pattern step outs. 

Have some favorite tangles you want to remember,

but don't necessarily need to record the steps?

There are pages where you can do this.

Been wanting to try your hand at creating your 

own tangle patterns? 

There are instructions teaching you how to do that.

Any time I can share a photo of one of my dragons -

it is a good day! Hahaha!

This is Mushu.

The red one.

The other one is me. 

Tangle Starts Treasures 

is an excellent resource to add to your 

zentangle materials. 

One thing I forgot to mention is the size.

At 6" x 9" Treasures is just right for

on-the-go tangling. 

Whether in an airport, a hotel room

or sitting on your sofa, 

Treasures can make the trip with you 

and be there when you need it.

You can see more about

Tangle Starts Treasures 

and hopefully purchase your own copy

here. 

Thank you so much for appreciating my art

and being so supportive of my books!

Reorganizing My Studio #whatamess #mystudio #whereiwork

Reorganizing once again because I can't find something.

It is hard to find certain things because I keep

thinking about where they were in Florida. 

Every inch of this room is utilized for storage.

And it does get a bit out of control from time to time. 

Recently, I have had several people ask about 

my studio, so I thought I'd show you some photos.

The above shot was taken from the doorway. 

No, I did not paint the pictures over the TV.

They are the art of Jasmine Becket Griffith.

I got them at Disney Springs.

Of course Tinker Bell is my favorite!

Mostly I use the TV to listen to the radio.

Hahahahah!

Those white cabinets came from IKEA.

Of course.

The boxes on the shelves are filled with various paints and inks.  

I am working on a system to get them out in the open where I can actually see what I have. 

The white enclosed cabinet is the shipping station for my store. 

That next chest with the colored drawers came from

Hobby Lobby. They still carry this cabinet. 

That's just part of my lunchbox collection up top.

Down the right-hand side is where I actually work.

The two tall black cabinets came from Hobby Lobby

and the rolling carts full of ink sprays are

from IKEA. 

I have carpet on half the floor.

That way if I have a mishap with color -

it doesn't get on the hard wood floors.

Wow! I'm just noticing how cluttered things were

in these photos. It looks better now. Honest.

 My store is located in the closet. All the shelves are full. 

In both directions - left and right and out of sight. 

I have been pulling things out in order to downsize. 

I'd really like to get out of the shipping part of the store and go all digital.

I have a rack coming that will hang on the inside of the closet door. 

I am going to put as much of my color as will fit 

on the shelves so I can actually see and 

grab without having to move a lot of things.

Some more of my lunchboxes, Funko Pop figures

and my Zen the Zebra from Zebra Pen where

I am an Artist Ambassador. 

 I've put together and published three books

from that desktop, using that computer

and all these supplies.

Tangle Starts has all full color pages - 

similar to what you see on the cover -

ready for you to just add your line work to.

Or use as an art journal or for collage work.

 Tangle Starts Planner is set up in the style

of a bullet journal with heavy focus on the

tangler and tangling art.

It has 106 new tangle patterns and plenty

of places to store your favorite patterns and

for you to draw and tangle away the days.

Tangle Starts Strings is my most recent book.

There are 378 pre-drawn strings so all you have

to do is add the drawing.

That hard first step of setting up your string

has already been done for you.

I am currently working in stages on four more

books for the tangle artist.

They will round out my Artangleology Series. 

More info on those later.

This concludes my studio tour.

Hahaha!

I hope you enjoyed it.

And I promise, 

it is cleaner and more picked up now. 

Days 44 - 55 of The 100 Day Project #the100dayproject #zentangleallaround #ledaartsupply #tanglestartsstrings

 Sorry I haven't blogged in awhile.

My daughter came for a visit and stayed for

a week. We had a great time. And then

she flew back home. Here is a picture of us 

together. Isn't she beautiful?

So that top photo was created in my

Baby Leda Pocket Sketchbook.

I am trying to do most of my art for

The 100 Day Project 

in this sketchbook. It is the perfect size!

This was day 44.

Love that little Lilah Bean space guy!

The background color is 

Cosmic Shimmer watercolors.

 These two photos are days 45 and 46.

I made a much larger piece on a sheet of

Hahnemühle Cézanne hot pressed watercolor paper.

Can't show you the whole piece just yet.

Tangles are diva dance rock 'n roll

and crescent moon.

 Then it was back to the Baby Leda.

Above is day 47 which features my patterns  

 airways and ripped screen. 

 Day 48 also has airways.

Along with my Knights of the Round Table 

and patch patterns,

and jetties. 

 Also in the Baby Leda, day 49

has are two new tangles I haven't

published yet called mertail and zone.

 On May 23rd, I released a new book.

(You can see the cover below.)

Since the 25th of May, it has been

#1 on the hot new release list.

Thank you, thank you, thank you!

The book contains 378 pre-strung squares

just waiting for you to add tangle art.

You can do one every day for a year,

and then some!

Above is day 51, where I worked the very

first string in the book.

Patterns include my tangle TootsieMoon

and zentangle patterns printemps and betweed.

Yay!!! for everyone who picked up a copy already!!!

 Day 53 was back to the Baby Leda. 

A big ole zinger filled with tangles -

tipple, footlites, surf's up, nymph, copada,

coaster, onamato, purk, and another

version of copada. 

Did you notice days 50 and 52 are not here?

They were a project I made for

Zebra Pens.

Hope to be able to show that to you soon. 

 Back to the Tangle Starts Strings book for

days 54 above and

55 below.

Above are the tangles diva dance rock 'n roll,

printemps, and a wavy thing I don't know

if it has a name or not yet.

 Day 55 has tangles printemps and indy rella,

along with my coral. 

Here is the first page of strings from my book.

I still have one more to do today.

And notice - there are spaces for you to

document the names of the patterns you use. 

The book does not come with the spiral

binding. I had that added at Staples. 

So there you are.

All caught up with what I have done for

The 100 Day Project. 

(Actually today is day 61.)

And you are caught up on the progress of my book.

Should you wish to purchase a copy,

just click here. 

And thank you so much!